Whiteside East Top

Whiteside East Top is the true summit of the fell

Height: 719m (2,359ft)

Prominence: 39m (128ft)

Region: North Western Fells

Classifications: Nuttall, Hewitt, Birkett

Summit feature: None

Times climbed: 1

Related trip report:

Whiteless Pike, Grasmoor, Hopegill Head & Whiteside - 27/09/2015

The East Top looking towards the main summit

Whiteside is a fell at the western end of the Grisedale Pike - Hopegill Head ridge overlooking Crummock Water.

Whiteside has three summits: the "Wainwright" top stands at the Crummock Water end of the ridge and has a height of 707m. Wainwright accepted that it was not the highest point, but chose it as the summit in his Pictorial Guide. This western top does have sufficient prominence to be classified as a Nuttall.

Wainwright described the true summit as the "East top", this being 400m further along the ridge to Hopegill Head and substantially higher at 719m. The Nuttalls describe the true summit as "Whiteside East Top" and the lower "Wainwright" summit as "Whiteside".

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